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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

worst week ever invented.

who thought of finals week anyway?the should be drug through the streets, whipped, and then flogged.what's that? i sound barbaric?oh really?i am so ready for this week to be over though.you know that feeling you get, when you are ready for something to be over, and you are readyto move on? yeah, it's like senioritis. but instead of just being done with high school, i get to go on a fantastic trip. but that trip can only happen after i make it through this week. so it bugs me that it is taking so long.as you can tell, i have a lot to work on when it comes to patience. (or maybe it's just the fact that this is the adventure of a lifetime... and i might just be a little bit excited to go. just maybe.)21 days.did you hear that? 21 DAYS! :Dand now i'm starting to stress out.i like stressing out.i function best when there is a little tension in my life... if there wasn't, i would probably sit on my butt all the time and... i'm gonna stop there. (cuz it is sounding way too representative of the past few weeks of my life.)this is where i am going to be.oh be jealous.

soon. real soon. i am actually going to be able to take a picture all for myself.

(and i might just decide to share with you all!)

my next question: what should i buy? where should i go??? i don't want to miss anything - so i need help!

that should have contained a disclaimer... my "question" usually turns to many questions...

and i have to buy a new camera.

since the old one has run away. i really have no idea where it would even be. not even remotely.

yeahhhhh. at this point i do not like spending money. especially when it should be spent after my trip starts... not before! poo.

so i have some zucchini in my fridge right now. and i need to do something with it.

now, if you knew anything about my life at home, you would understand that the "zucchini" i am referring to in my fridge is a shame to its name. my first semester up at school, my mom sent me a zucchini that was probably the size of my thigh. no, i am dead serious. my roommate, a girl from california that i'm pretty sure had never seen produce anywhere other than a supermarket, couldn't believe it.

i swear these things are on steroids.we have to get very creative with out zucchini at home, so luckily, i have several go-to recipes for zucchini bread that i can go to in a pinch. but i found this recipe the other day, and it looked fairly interesting. i might just have to try this one.

directions:preheat your oven to 400 (200C).give the zucchini a good scrub.slice them in half length-ways. you can trim the ends if you like. spoon out the guts. just take it out (leave about 1/2 an inch in) until you end up with boat like shells.now give the zucchini pulp a good chop, also chop a small onion and 1/2 a tomato while you’re at it. i’m only using half a tomato (more for color than flavor, really) otherwise things will become a teeny bit too fluid. having everything gush out of your zucchini is not a pretty sight, trust me!sautee the onions in one tbsp oil or butter. it’s ok for them to brown a little this time ’round.when the onions are almost done, add 1/4 tsp curry powder and cook everything for an additional 30 seconds. no longer or the curry powder will turn bitter. when they’re done, transfer them to a big bowl.now this is completely optional. if you want to stick with a vegetable dish, fine, just leave the bacon out. (the bacon will give it a little more crunch and saltiness, so you can cook a few slices and let them drain on a paper towel.)now (in no particular order), add 1 tsp dried thyme, 1/4 to 1/2 tsp salt, 1 heaping tbsp sour cream, a good pinch of pepper, the zucchini pulp, the tomato and crumble the bacon in as well.lightly butter a baking dish and put the zucchini boats in. they’re best served straight out of the oven. grab a spoon and fill the shells with the mix. sprinkle some aged cheese on top.put them in a preheated oven, give them about 20 minutes and then turn on the grill until the top is golden brown. sprinkle some coarsely chopped curly leaf parsley (the most underrated herb there is) on top and you’re done!

if you grew up and used an easy-bake oven like me... you might find this interesting. and kind of sad.

our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
we ask ourselves, who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? actually, who are you NOT to be?
you are a child of god. your playing small doesn't serve teh world. there's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. we are all meant to shine, as children do. we are born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us.
it's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
marianne williamson (21st century spiritual leader)

ya wanna find somethin?

ain't it the truth!

don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ~bertolt brecht

to be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings

life is pretty simple: you do some stuff. most fails. some works. you do more of what works. if it works big, others quickly copy it. then you do something else. the trick is the doing something else. ~leonardo da vinci

in three words, i can sum up everything i've learned about life: it goes on. ~robert frost

fortune and love befriend the bold. ~ovid

don't worry if you have built your castles in the air. they are where they should be. now put the foundations under them. ~henry david thoreau

there is nothing more attractive than a nice smile.

~charles m. schulz

even if you cannot sing well, sing. ~rebbe nachman

when you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside. ~wayne dyer

carry yourself like a queen and you'll attract a king.

make room for the new you. ~edward w. smith

i read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. it never crossed my mind that that person could be me. ~anna quindlen

write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~ralph waldo emerson

you look up at the sky and you cry for a star! you know you'll never get it... and then one night you look down - and there it is - shining in your hand! ~lizzie curry "the rainmaker"